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reelingly

reelingly adverb: with a reeling motion.

Adverb

reelingly (comparative more reelingly, superlative most reelingly)

  1. With a reeling motion.
    • Jeff staggered reelingly out of the pub and tried to remember which way was home.

Forms of reelingly

comparativemore reelingly
superlativemost reelingly

Origin of reelingly

From reeling + -ly.

Questions about reelingly

What does reelingly mean?
Reelingly means with a reeling motion.
What part of speech is reelingly?
Reelingly is an adverb.

Words near reelingly in the dictionary

  1. reeling
  2. reeling in
  3. reeling off
  4. reeling out
  5. reeling up
  6. reelingly
  7. reelings
  8. reelless
  9. reelman
  10. reelmen
  11. reels

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